EU asks for irreversible progress by the end of the mandate

(ANSA) - BRUXELLES - The European Union reconfirmed "the
unequivocal support of the European Union for the enlargement
perspective of the Western Balkans", while the leaders of the
six countries confirmed "their commitment to reinforced reform
work, as well as to regional cooperation and good neighbourly
relations to maintain and build on this positive momentum". The
EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and EU Commissioner
Johannes Hahn held a working session with the leaders of all six
Western Balkans partners on Wednesday evening, in the margins of
72nd UN General Assembly, in New York.

The meeting was useful "to further advance the work on the
European Union integration path of the whole region", they say
in a joint statement. Bruxelles "is stepping up its support to
all partners towards achievable and realistic objectives, so
that their progress will be irreversible by the end of our
mandate", they add.(ANSA).